U.S. airlines are not allowed to travel to or from Tel Aviv's airport for another 24 hours while the FAA assess the danger of rocket attacks, the agency said Wednesday.

The FAA ban, which is in place from 12:15 p.m. ET (7:15 p.m. local time) Wednesday to 12:15 p.m. ET Thursday, is an extension of its initial restriction on Tuesday that barred all U.S. airlines from flying into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport.

The move came shortly after a rocket strike landed just a mile from the Israeli airport. The FAA's Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) on Tuesday cited a “potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza" as reasoning behind the restriction.

The FAA said on Wednesday that it was working closely with the Israeli government to determine whether safety concerns have been addressed.

The European Aviation Safety Agency issued an advisory on Tuesday "strongly" recommending airlines avoid Ben-Gurion airport. Air France and Germany's two largest airlines canceled more flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, and Lufthansa and Air Berlin extended their cancelations through Thursday. Meanwhile, Air France said it was suspending its flights "until further notice."

British Airways, however, said Wednesday it hasn't canceled any of its twice-a-day Tel Aviv flights and had no immediate plans to do so.

After more than a week of exchanging rocket fire with Hamas, Israel invaded Gaza on July 17 in a massive offensive. More than 680 Palestinians have been killed since the air strikes began.

Despite the FAA travel restriction, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Tel Aviv on Wednesday in an effort to broker a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Though Kerry said he made some headway in the peace discussions, U.S. officials are downplaying the possibility of an immediate truce that will last as neither side appears to be backing down.

After airlines halted flights into Israel on Tuesday, Israeli officials slammed the cancellations as an overreaction that rewards Hamas, and Israel's own El Al airline continued to fly in and out of Ben-Gurion.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said the flight cancellations were a "great victory" for the group.

Last year, an average of 1,044 passengers flew each way on the four daily flights between the U.S. and Israel on American carriers, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

However with dozens of international flights cancelled from the U.S. and all around Europe, Ben-Gurion was a lot more quiet on Wednesday, aside from a few passengers milling around the terminals.

(The image below was uploaded by an airport employee. The caption reads: "Alone here...")

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